Wondery Presents American History Tellers: Presidential Assassinations

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🗓️ 26 December 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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On April 26th, 1865, Union soldiers closed in on the barn where Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth and his co-conspirator David Herold were hiding. When Booth refused to give himself up, soldiers lit the barn on fire to drive him out, then shot him dead. Herold surrendered and was later executed. It was the end of a 12-day manhunt that gripped a grieving nation. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, but he would not be the last. In the decades that followed, more American presidents would find themselves in the crosshairs of an assassin’s gun. Some would survive the attempts on their lives — but three more presidents would not.

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0:00.0	American History Tellers explores the events of people who shaped our history.
0:04.8	In a democracy, change comes from the ballot box, but sometimes the will of the people
0:09.2	is overridden by an assassin's bullet.
0:11.9	From Wondry, American History Tellers is a podcast that explores the events of people
0:16.7	who shaped our history.
0:18.1	The newest season explores the assassins who changed our country.
0:21.7	Long before the Secret Service was created, presidents walked freely amongst the people.
0:26.8	That was by design, as armed guards were synonymous with European monarchs and dictators.
0:32.2	But America's idealistic innocence would soon change, starting with President Lincoln's
0:37.7	assassination.
0:38.7	As recently as Ronald Reagan, an American president has comparatively close to being killed
0:43.8	in office.
0:44.8	Each episode this season details a different madman's pursuit and the root of their animosity
0:50.2	for the leader they struck down.
0:52.2	You'll learn about every critical moment leading to the assassination and how, as a result,
0:57.4	the country changed forever.
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1:25.5	Imagine it's before dawn on April 26, 1865.
1:29.9	You're inside a tobacco barn in rural Northern Virginia.
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